Northern Ireland: Political Situation

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:01 pm on 3 July 2017.

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Photo of James Brokenshire James Brokenshire The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 4:01, 3 July 2017

I hear what the hon. Gentleman says. I stress that the Prime Minister has been actively involved throughout the process, and has been having meetings with all the party leaders. She had a further conversation with the Taoiseach last week about how matters were progressing, and received updates from me and from Simon Coveney, the Irish Foreign Minister, that were received by the Taoiseach as well. There is that continued active engagement, but if further interventions are required we will, of course, keep matters under review in order to establish what will bring about an effective resolution and produce the Executive whom the hon. Gentleman and I want to see in place.